The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding direct and secondary service connection for a right upper extremity nerve condition. The Veteran's claim is being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided by the VA examiner was deemed insufficient to adjudicate the Veteran's claims, particularly concerning the etiology of his right upper extremity nerve condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity nerve condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2021
- Citation
- 21070474
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right and left upper extremity nerve conditions, low back disability, right-side sciatica, and left-side sciatica. The Veteran's current low back disability is found to be related to his in-service injury, with a continuity of symptomatology since then.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for higher initial ratings for left and right upper extremity nerve conditions due to an inadequate examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher disability rating or establish service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's right upper extremity nerve condition and its relationship to his service-connected right shoulder disability.
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